Saturday, September 6, 2008

Biscuit Bust

This morning we were stuck inside because it was raining cats and dogs. We were both hungry and the cupboard was bare (so to speak) since I hadn't gone on my weekly grocery run yet. I tried to figure out something I could throw together with the few ingredients I had laying around the house. I came across this homemade biscuit recipe that seemed like a piece of cake.

The recipe was very easy to prepare but unfortunately my end result was not so desirable. My homemade biscuits were more like homemade hockey pucks. I used fat free milk since that is what we had but I don't know if that could have ruined the recipe. My biscuits hardly rose and the biscuits were very hard. Please let me know if you have any idea where I went wrong with this presumably easy recipe.

8 comments:

For 12-15 minutes they look REALLY thin. Seems like the problem may be they were overcooked? I roll them out really thick (more layers, etc) and then when I place on the baking sheet I place a teeny piece of butter on each. They don't really brown on thier own b/c you are just barely baking them through. Also, don't knead so much. The less kneading the more flaky layers. I really hope that helps some b/c I LOOOVE biscuits. :)

My guess is that your baking powder needs replacing. It has a shelf life and when it goes flat, there's nothing else to do but pitch it and buy a new can. (would ya listen to me handing out culinary advice as if I even cooked)? I don't think the non-fat milk was the culprit.

Sorry your biscuits didn't come out well. I know the use of whole milk or cream tends to result in flakier biscuits, but I'm not sure why they didn't rise... unless its the baking powder? Did you find a way to use them as crackers or did you pitch them out completely?